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Dedicated to every person who struggles with issues of mental health, abuse, domestic violence, and enduring homelessness.

The contents of this book contain graphic depictions of a highly sensitive nature including violence, abuse, suicide and homelessness and may trigger some readers who have experienced similar traumas.

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Stolen Diamonds, Lost Rubies

Dr Q

Cover: studio photograph of loose rubies in raspberry pink and a small white diamond on pure black; the title set in white above; by Dr Q lower right.

Insightful and evocative, Stolen Diamonds, Lost Rubies explores the depths of the complexities of the human experience. Drawn from the author’s lifetime of overcoming adversity, the collection’s 30-plus poems deliver a nuanced perspective on human resilience within marginalized communities, challenging assumptions about those struggling in modern America.

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Poems

  1. Cell
  2. Every Time an Ortho Asks
  3. Other
  4. Susannah
  5. I Want for You to Run
  6. Me and Steve
  7. Someone Will Scrounge
  8. As I Bow My Head
  9. The Sky is Broken
  10. Waiting to Expire
  11. Tomorrow is Not for Sale
  12. Paint the Streets with Kindness
  13. No One Knows Her Name
  14. Emma Grace
  15. Gregory
  16. Going in Raw
  17. The Land of Blithe Valley
  18. Facing the Barrel
  19. Homeless
  20. Stay the Course
  21. In My Feeding Tube, You Shot Me Dead
  22. Control
  23. Just As
  24. Ruth
  25. Luther, Scars on My Arms
  26. Margaret has Visions
  27. A Wraparound of Fakery
  28. Breathe
  29. Sweet Caroline, the Diamond of the Tenderloin
  30. The Departure
  31. Your Oxygen Mask Goes on First
  32. Haiku
  33. Take Your Meds